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`[Jeffers Patent No. 85,168, (lated .December 22, 11.1568.

IMPROVEMENT .1N HARvEsTERs.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and niaking pali: of the same.

To all 'whom it may wheel-n: y

Beit known that l, J oi-Lv A. lionon, oi' Auburn, in the eount-y ottiayngp, and State otNew' York, have v invented certain new and useful improvements in Har-x Vesters, of whieh the ihllowing is a full, clear, and exact description, reference.beingl had to the accompanying drawings, which make part ofthis speeitication, and in which- Figure l represents a vplan or top view ot' my im- *woved machine, with the platform which ('-overs the gearing removed, and

Figure 2, a view, in elevation, of the sinne, as seen from the divider side of the. machine. y

The blue lines in the drawings represent partsl used in reaping, only. Y

The improvement-s herein claimed consist incertain novel devices by which I secure an ciiieient mower,

whiel'i, at the saine time, is especialiy adapted tor the` attachment ot' reaping and raking-devices.

To earry out my invention, l mounta stoutieetanguiar main frame, A, upon au axle, C, supported upon two (.lriving-wheels, B l', which revolve loosely on the axle, outside the main trame, and ea-rryspring-pawls, b, which engage* with ratchets, e, securedupon and tui-nimor with the main axle, by which means the cut ters are stopped when the machine is backed; but in turning, when moving tin-ward, one wheel is always in gea-r, andthe cutters, consequently, are keptin motion.

The maehine is drawn /by a. tongue, D, rigidly seeured. to the inner i'ront corner ofthe main trame, which arrangement diminishes the side-draught.

A seat, E, for the driver, is nmnnted on the rearend ot' the main trarne. y

An arm, i?, projeets l'roni the inner front eorner ot' the frame, and has a drag-bar, G-,pivotedto it by a swivel-joint, y.

The iinger-heam l is rmly scoured to a shoe, H,

hinged at its baek end, to play vertically on a pivot, 1|,

on the drag-bar G. The toe of this shoe is adjustable in ay vertical slot, in afstandard, l,11, on the drag-har, and is heid in any desired position hy-a-pin passing through the standard, and into the toe ot'the slim?. The standard and drag-bar are braced by atie-rod, ,1/2.

A double-hinged bar or emailing-arm, J, is pi voted, at its upper end, to a down-hanger or stirrl1p,j, attached to the main trame, and is pivoted, at its lower end, to the shoe ll, by a joint,

'lho limo(l beam is thus lelt `t'ree to conform to the umlulations oi' the ground over which itis drawn, without being vibra-ted longitudinally by the reciproeation oi' the cutters.

vresponding pinion, L, on a horizontal counter-shaft, M',

{zirmnged parallel to the ii'ame-tiinbers,) which carries on its forward end an internal spur-wheel, N, which drives a corresponding pinionion the crank-shatt O,

nie-h turns in suitable hearings in down-hangers or in the usual way.

stirrups, Mandy', and runs the-,wholelength ofthe lna'in traine, and parallel to'it. I

The eutters are driven by a crank, p, and pit|na.n, l,

axially in its bearings, to aeeonnnodate itselt' to the working of the finger-lieam.v

The pinion l1, it will he observed,.turns loosely on the eounter-shatt, and 4is provided with a feather, 1,-,

which matches a corresponding onelon a collar, m, which slides endwise on the eounter-slnitt, in iront ot the pinion, but is made to turn with'it, by means oi a iin enterino' a lonoitudinai slot-in the collar in the usual f way. 'lhis collar is moved haek and forth, to throw" the mechanism into and ont -ot' gear, hy means of a lever, R, provided with a voke,.r, which embraces the collar, but allows it to turn tree-ly. This lever is in a convenient position to he moved by -the 'foot of the.-

S, by a spring, vr', according,l to his desire to hold the oi' construction enahles ino-to shorten the. rear end ol' lthe counter-shaft,and to arrange my disconnect-inglever on the. i'ront cross-timber, in the relation shown to the driver, and this specific instruction is all l claim under this head oli' my invention,

lhe e1lttiiig-apparatus is raised or lowered hy means ot'a cord or chain, l, conm-,cieli to a seei'or-shapml roekA ing-lever, .l, pivoted in a standard, d", io oseillate. ver tically, and parallel to the inner side timber ol' the main trame, and eontrolledby a handle, 'i"", wit-hin convenient reach of the driver.

u, on the. main l'rame itself'.

A spring-pawl, V, is pivoted to play vertically on the` inner-trame timber, parallel to the sector T, andtakes into a ratchet, r, on the inner sido ot' this seetor, to hohl it, and consequently the iinger-heam, at any desired elm-ation,

' An larm, yr', projects inwards li'om the lpawl Y, so that the driver eau, at'any moment, release itliom its dotent, by hearing, his weight on this arin.

,lho iinger-hcam.may he heid up, for transportatioli, by an irod rod pivoted to the trame, and taking into a hole in the iinyier-beam, in the usual way.

The gearing is protected by a platform covering the.

main frame.' "This platform is hinged at its rear end,

to allow access to the gearing, and Vis provided with a latch at its forward end, to -hold it down.

',l`he pitman also swivels or turns The chain I; passes over a trietion-roller, il, on an arm, U, 'projecting` lrom the inner rear corner ot'the frame, and over another roller,4

.A tool-box is also mounted on this platform.

The above description applies to nij'inachine as a inower. To convert it into a self-rakingl rcaper, ll detach the finger-beam, drag-bar, overhanging arm U, and chain t, and attach the raking-nivclnnlisni, platform, cutting-appa1aims, and drag-bar, described in an application for Letters Patent yQi' lthe United States,

filedsimultaneously with this, by John A. Dodge and George Perry.

i The overhangingarm L connected by a screw,- (lts shown in the drawings) in order that it may be removed when reaping.

The inner end of' the platform is suspended by a chain 'from the projecting arm X, shown in blue -in the drawings.

The rake is driven lby un endless chain from the. sprocket-wheel W, on the projecting, end of the main axle C. i

The drivers seat ismoved loi-ward and bolted to the louter front corner-ot' the platform, so :is to bring it nearly over the shipping-lever 1i. In this position the is made in two part-s, yu2 u,

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' ing' sleeve. my, both mounted on the counter-shaft, and

3. The combination ot the bevel-wheel, the bevel? pinion, the sliding sleeve, the shipping-lever, the counter-shaft and its spurfpiniolnwith the internal spurwheel N and longitudinal crankshaft O, when all these parts ore constrnctedand arranged for joint ope ation, as described.

4. lfhe combination oi' the. sector T and ratchet c' with the spring-pawl and projecting arm 1f', constructed, arranged, and operating` as described.

5. The combination ot' the main frame, thetongue, the driving-wheels, the gearing, the removable drivers seat, the projecting arm F, the removable arm U, the drag-bar, the coupling-arm, the iinger-beam, the cutting apparatus, and the lifting apparatus, all constructed and arranged as described, for joint operation.

[n testimony whereof, l have hereunto subscribed my name.

JOHN A. DODGE,

Witnesses:

A. C. MUNGER, F. G. DAY, 

